Mt. Pleasant News

By Anna M. Villareal, Director of the Harlan-Lincoln House In the west alcove of the Harlan-Lincoln House sits a display case holding a collection of artifacts from the family of Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, great grandson of Senator James Harlan and President Abraham Lincoln. At center, is a trio of children's portraits. Without further knowledge, the viewer may comment on the similarity of the children's ...

This little tyke needed some extra help on Saturday, March 31, as he scrambled to pick up eggs during Main Street Mt. Pleasant's annual Easter Egg Hunt.

By Gretchen Teske, Mt. Pleasant News On Friday, March 30 over 50 members of area churches gathered to participate in stations of the cross walk around Mt. Pleasant in honor of Good Friday.The walk began at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church and ended at First United Methodist Church. At each of the 14 stations, a prayer was said and one of those participating volunteered to carry the cross.The event began at noon ...

The Easter Bunny had his work cut out for him Saturday afternoon as families gathered in Mt. Pleasant's Central Park for Main Street Mt. Pleasant's annual Easter Egg Hunt. Although the egg hunt didn't begin until 1 p.m., there were plenty of activities for kiddos to do, including cookie decorating. The event was originally slated to be held on Saturday, March 24, but was postponed due to weather. Seen here are ...

By David Hotle, Golden Triangle News Service WASHINGTON - The victim of a Wednesday shooting in Washington is alive, however little else is known about the shooting that occurred on Wednesday, March 28, less than a block from the Washington County Courthouse.According to a news release from the Washington County Communications Center, at about 6:50 p.m., Wednesday, the center received reports of a shooting at ...

Every week, the Mt. Pleasant News will feature a Henry County resident in a profile snapshot. The questions will appear in bold.This week's 'Friend on the Front Page' is Kayleigh Septer, reference librarian at the Mt. Pleasant Public Library.Are you originally from Mt.Pleasant/Henry County? If not, what brought you here? I was born in Cheyenne, Wyo. My parents and their family are originally from the area, and ...

Members of the Open Bible Church gathered at the four corners of the intersection of N. Grand Ave. and E. Washington St., on Friday, March 30, in honor of Good Friday. The crosses were all built by parishioners of the church. James Miller, pictured above, has been participating in the demonstration for the past four years.

Kiddos were looking high and low to make sure they found all of the Easter eggs left by the Easter Bunny at Sunnybrook on Saturday, March 24.

James Coffin, 3, selects a new crayon as he and his sister, Lael, 5, center, and friend Beckett Lipper, 3, right, color some Easter themed pictures during the Easter egg hunt at Sunnybrook on Saturday, March 24.

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News Art Campbell was the first in Henry County to be issued a license plate with the new state of Iowa design on Monday, March 26, at the Henry County Department of Transportation.While Henry County still has about six weeks of the former design in their inventory, because Campbell ordered a specialty issued ?Cattlemen Care? plate, he jumped the line and got his newly-minted plate ...

By Grace King, Mt. Pleasant News After sitting through meetings for three years talking about getting the Mapleleaf Athletic Complex parking lot paved, hard work will finally come to fruition this summer.Bids were accepted by the city yesterday, with the city awarding the contract to Fye Excavating from Sperry for the project, coming in with the lowest bid of $818,964.?We're under the $1 million mark, which ...

The weather may have been nasty outside on Saturday, March 24, but it was all fun and games at Sunnybrook as residents watched local kids take part in an indoor Easter egg hunt.